318 You should be able to see that Mingchen is dead
Jiang Xiao recalled the recent knowledge in his mind and asked Mingchen Immortal Venerable: "There are two theories about the World Tree in the Tiancheng Spirit Realm, the 'Supply School' and the 'Awakening School'. Which one is true?"
Mingchen Immortal Venerable's voice was somewhat ethereal: "All spirit realms grow on the World Tree. The nutrients of the World Tree provide nourishment to the various spirit realms, and the vitality and spiritual energy of the various spirit realms warm the World Tree. The two are interdependent and mutually beneficial."
"Through the meridians of the World Tree, the spiritual energy and vitality between the various spiritual realms can flow and exchange, and high-level cultivators can also use this to travel between the various spiritual realms relatively safely."
"After he devoured the World Tree, the various spirit realms gradually withered from the World Tree and drifted to various places in the Star Realm, and all communication between them was cut off."
"But he can use the connection between the World Tree and the various spiritual realms to accurately locate the locations of the various spiritual realms."
"The Demon Realm and the Tiancheng Spirit Realm drifted the farthest, so they were the last to be killed."
"His cultivation was too high, and the major spirit realms did not know the cause of his death until they disappeared."
"After I discovered his existence, I cut off the remaining branches of the World Tree in the Tiancheng Spiritual Realm and severed the connection with him."
Jiang Xiao was terrified.
If he had not realized that the Demon World was dying and had not fortunately discovered the existence of the Tiancheng Spirit World, and had not made a desperate effort to lead the demons to the Tiancheng Spirit World to survive, he might not have known the reason for the Demon World's death until his death.
The "he" mentioned by Mingchen Immortal Venerable refers to the "World Tree" that they have fought many times before. There is one thing that Jiang Xiao still doesn't understand: "You said you cut off the connection between the two, but he can still find the Tiancheng Spirit World."
"A living spirit world is like light at night. As long as you get close enough, even the weakest light can be seen. Even if the connection is cut off, it can only allow the Tiancheng spirit world to have a relatively stable period of time. It is only a matter of time before he finds this place." Immortal Master Mingchen's voice was calm, with deliberate clear enunciation, sounding more and more like a toddler learning to speak.
Jiang Xiao felt it was ridiculous for him to have such an illusion. He quickly threw these unreliable ideas out of his mind and started to think seriously about the World Tree.
After the death of Immortal Master Mingchen, the Tiancheng Spirit Realm experienced 100,000 years of peace. These 100,000 years should be the time that Immortal Master Mingchen bought for the Tiancheng Spirit Realm after severing the connection between the two.
The last time they fought in Kunlun Palace, neither side was present in person, but Jiang Xiao was clear about the gap between him and the "World Tree" and was not sure he could defeat the opponent.
If you don’t win, you will die!
The only solution is for him to advance to the Mahayana stage or above.
But it doesn't mean he can get promoted just because he wants to.
In order to advance, cultivators need to absorb spiritual energy. The spiritual energy in one place is limited, so there are very few cultivators of high levels in the same place, and there are even fewer cultivators like him in the Mahayana stage.
To cultivate to the realm of transcending the Mahayana stage, one needs to drain the vitality and spiritual energy of the entire spiritual world. Now the only place that can provide these two things is the Tiancheng spiritual world.
But if he really did this, what would be the difference between him and this fake world tree?
Suddenly, Jiang Xiao thought of Ming Chen's slap, and asked unnaturally: "Your strength should be more than the Mahayana stage, how did you cultivate to that level?"
Immortal Master Mingchen did not answer this question directly, but said: "I appeared because of the desire of mankind for life in the last days."
Jiang Xiao: "The end of the world?"
Immortal Master Mingchen: "Among the various spiritual realms in the Star Realm, some have rich spiritual energy and many cultivators; some have thin spiritual energy and cannot be cultivated, but have prosperous technology. Except for the Tiancheng Spiritual Realm and the lingering Demon Realm, these spiritual realms have now been sucked dry by him. The creatures living in these spiritual realms do not know the reason why the world died, but they want to live until they die. I appeared because of the power of their wishes and descended to the only surviving Tiancheng Spiritual Realm."
Jiang Xiao raised his eyebrows: "Why don't you come to our demon world?"
Mingchen Immortal Venerable: "The demon world has you."
Jiang Xiao was stunned.
Immortal Master Mingchen: "When I was born, the vitality of the demon world was about to be exhausted, and it was impossible to save the situation. It would be better to save the Tiancheng Spirit World that has not yet been harmed, and use the abundant vitality of the Tiancheng Spirit World to nourish the demon world, so as to save the demon world's sentient beings."
"Moreover, the huge evil thoughts that grew out of the world's death gathered in the Demon Realm. This would have directly destroyed the Demon Realm, but you used yourself as a container to seal them."
"Later, you rushed out of the Demon Realm with this evil thought, wanting to fight for a way out for the demons. This action confused his perception and made him mistakenly believe that the demons were dead. His evil thoughts went out of control and he no longer paid attention to the demons. This also saved the demons to some extent."
Only then did Jiang Xiao understand why he saw the vitality of the demon world restored after waking up from the seal this time.
The seal of the realm of spirits and demons is the key to the flow of spiritual energy between the two worlds.
The "he" Mingchen mentioned was the one who devoured the World Tree. Jiang Xiao guessed that this should be a great monk from ancient times: "What's his name?"
Mingchen Immortal Venerable: "I don't know."
Jiang Xiao frowned: "You fought with him before, didn't you ask his name?"
Mingchen Immortal Venerable: "He himself doesn't remember anything. Now he only has the instinct to devour and the attachment to returning home."
Jiang Xiao thought it was absurd: "How can these two things coexist?"
Mingchen Immortal Venerable's voice was as gentle as water: "Human nature is inherently complex."
Recalling his past experiences, Jiang Xiao accepted this statement and asked, "How can I defeat him?"
Immortal Mingchen remained silent.
Jiang Xiao didn't know whether she was inconvenient to say it or didn't know what to do, so she changed the question: "Mingchen, where are you now?"
Mingchen, who was asking and answering questions in front of him, was not even a remnant soul. He was like a memory that was forcibly left behind, waiting for him to come and ask questions.
Jiang Xiao still wanted to see her in person and discuss with her in detail how to deal with the "World Tree".
But he really couldn't sense the other party's position.
Immortal Mingchen's usually indifferent voice suddenly had a bit of tenderness: "You should be able to see that Mingchen is dead."
Jiang Xiao stood there in a daze.
He could indeed see that Mingchen did not seem to be alive, but she was so strong that she should not have anything to do with death: "You were born with the will of all living beings, you should not die..."
A childish figure flashed through his mind vaguely. It seemed to be an ignorant child, but he really couldn't remember the other person's face.
"The power of will is just the power of will. The power of will is not everything. Everything depends on human effort, not just wishful thinking."
The power belonging to Immortal Master Mingchen around her began to dissipate. Her distant and childish voice became increasingly unreal, gradually becoming lighter and lighter as it drifted away, and there was no more movement.
"Mingchen? Mingchen!" Jiang Xiao called out a few times, but got no response. He could only watch the remaining power of Immortal Mingchen at the junction quickly disappear.
These forces, which were already on the verge of their limits, completed their mission and could no longer make a sound.
It took Jiang Xiao a long time to come back to his senses, and a feeling of powerlessness rose in his heart: "I can't even protect myself now, what can I do if you tell me such important news?"
He lowered his head and saw through his translucent body the raging evil thoughts within him.
It took him all his strength just to suppress his evil thoughts. It was a luxury for him to wake up once. How could he deal with such a powerful enemy?
The shuttle boat, which was under layers of protection, swayed under his feet. Jiang Xiao's figure gradually dissipated, and his face was full of worry.
Suddenly his face hardened, and the power that overflowed from his body gathered together again and turned into a spear.
The spear was thrust out, striking a point in the void.
The two forces collided, and a green vine emerged from the crack in space. It turned out to be the World Tree!
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